Stichting Imec Nederland patents

   A method of offset calibration in a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter

A method of offset calibration in a sar adc is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a number of bits of an analog input signal (vin), detecting if a binary code determined from the analog input signal (vin) matches at least one trigger code, using at least one setting code to determine a calibration bit (b*lsb; b*msb), analyzing a bit of the digital signal (cout) and the calibration bit (b*lsb; b*msb), determining an indication of a presence of offset error, and calibrating the offset error. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

   Method of digital-to-analog converter mismatch calibration in a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter

A method of dac mismatch calibration in a sar adc is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a number of bits of an analog input signal (vin), detecting if a binary code determined from the analog input signal (vin) matches at least one trigger code, using at least one setting code to determine a calibration residue signal (v*res) and a calibration bit (b*lsb), analyzing a least significant bit of the digital signal (cout) and the calibration bit (b*lsb), determining an indication of a presence of dac mismatch, and calibrating the dac mismatch. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

   Computer-implemented method for generating an advanced-on-chip-variation table of a cell and a non-transitory computer readable medium for doing the same

A computer-implemented method for generating an advanced-on-chip-variation (aocv) table of a cell is disclosed. In one aspect, the aocv table contains the delay of the cell which is derived from a variation factor of a plurality of input patterns of the cell. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Memory structure comprising scratchpad memory

The present disclosure relates to a memory hierarchy for a system-in-package. An example memory hierarchy is connectable to a processor via a memory management unit arranged for translating a virtual address sent by the processor into a physical address. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Method and system for emotion-triggered capturing of audio and/or image data

The present disclosure relates to a method for emotion-triggered capturing of audio and/or image data by an audio and/or image capturing device. The method includes receiving and analyzing a time-sequential set of data including first physiological data representing a first physiological parameter corresponding to a first person, a second physiological data representing a second physiological parameter corresponding to a second person, and voice audio data including a voice of at least one of the first and the second person, to determine whether a simultaneous change of emotional state of a first person and a second person occurs and transmitting a trigger signal to the capturing device. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

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Digital phase locked loop and method for operating the same

The present disclosure relates to a digital phase locked loop (dpll) for phase locking an output signal to a reference clock signal. The dpll comprises a phase detector for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal with respect to the reference clock signal. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Method and a system for eye tracking

According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for eye tracking, comprising: capturing a sequence of digital images of an eye of a user; outputting data including said sequence of images to an image processing unit; processing said data by the image processing unit to determine a sequence of positions of the eye, each position being indicative of a gaze direction, acquiring biosignal data representing an activity of the eye; and in response to detecting closing of the eye based on the acquired biosignal data, pausing at least one of said capturing, said outputting and said processing. A system for implementing the method is also disclosed.. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Solid state electrolyte

A solid state electrolyte and method of preparation is provided. The solid state electrolyte includes a plasticized polymer matrix with non-dissolved salt crystals embedded in the polymer matrix and wherein the non-dissolved crystals are suitable for dissolving ions in the plasticized polymer. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Methods and devices for ramping a switched capacitor power amplifier

A method for ramping a switched capacitor power amplifier is disclosed, where the switched capacitor power amplifier comprises a plurality of capacitors in a capacitor bank, and where a number of the capacitors in the capacitor bank are activated. The method comprises changing the number of capacitors in the capacitor bank that are activated, maintaining the changed number of activated capacitors in the capacitor bank for a period of time, and repeating the changing and maintaining, where a length of the period of time is varied between at least two repetitions of the maintaining.. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Circuit and method for processing data

Systems and methods for processing data including a first and second component are described. An example circuit includes a processing stage arranged to calculate absolute values of the first component and the second component, and to output, at a first output, a maximum value of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component, and, at a second output, a minimum value of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Receiver including a plurality of high-pass filters

Embodiments described herein include a receiver, a method, and a plurality of high-pass filters for demodulating a radio frequency (rf) signal. An example receiver includes a plurality of high-pass filters. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

Phase tracking receiver

The present disclosure relates to a method for demodulating a modulated signal and a receiver. The receiver comprises: a phase detector with a first and second input, the first input being adapted to receive a modulated input signal; a comparator comprising an input coupled to an output of the phase detector; a frequency-offset cancellation block comprising an input coupled to an output of the comparator. ... Stichting Imec Nederland

System for hand gesture detection

A system for hand gesture detection is provided, comprising: a wrist wear adapted to be worn about a wrist of a user of the system and including a set of skin electrodes adapted to face the wrist; an impedance measurement circuit adapted to measure at least a first impedance in a first portion of the wrist and a second impedance in a second portion of the wrist which second portion is circumferentially displaced in relation to said first portion, wherein the first impedance is measured via a first electrode group including four skin electrodes of said set of skin electrodes and the second impedance is measured via a second electrode group including four skin electrodes of said set of skin electrodes, and a processing circuit adapted to detect a hand gesture of the user based on the first and the second impedance measured by the impedance measurement circuit.. . ... Stichting Imec Nederland